Primordial Era.
Buzhou Mountain.
Looking at the exquisite woman before him, with her massive human torso and serpent tail, Su Mu couldn't help thinking, That's Saintess Nuwa. Could I really have crossed over—and into the Primordial World, no less?
A moment ago, he'd still been lamenting how Saintess Nuwa had been the first of the Six Sages to achieve sainthood. If she'd developed things properly, she should at least have ranked in the middle, even if she couldn't match the Three Pure Ones. Instead, she'd ended up at the very bottom. Then, in the next moment, he'd crossed over as one of the Human Race created by Saintess Nuwa. What a cruel twist of fate.
[If Saintess Nuwa had looked after the Human Race and stopped the Demon Race from slaughtering them, she wouldn't have lost their faith and gradually their destiny. Her cultivation wouldn't have stalled, and she wouldn't have ended up alone, eventually fading from the Primordial World.]
"Hmm? Who's speaking? You say I'll lose the destiny of the Human Race?"
[Nuwa was originally the first Sage after Dao Ancestor Hongjun, but she was indifferent to the Human Race and even left them to fend for themselves. She was cutting off her own foundation.]
Nuwa looked at Su Mu and saw that he hadn't said anything. She wondered to herself, Could I be hearing his thoughts? Does he know something? Is he a reincarnated Great Power? He must be.
"Su Mu, would you be willing to take me as your master?" Nuwa asked, looking at him as he gazed up at her.
Seeing him still standing there in a daze, Sui Ren Shi hurriedly nudged Su Mu. He came to his senses, bowed deeply, and said, "Your disciple Su Mu pays his respects to Master."
"Good. You and the other two can settle the Human Race first. I'm returning to my Training Ground on Phoenix Perch Mountain. If you need anything, come find me there," Nuwa said.
"This disciple will obey." Su Mu hesitated, then asked, "Master, may I take the Human Race to live on Shouyang Mountain?"
"Why go to Shouyang Mountain instead of staying on Buzhou Mountain? Buzhou Mountain is the ancestral vein of the Primordial World," Nuwa asked, puzzled.
Isn't it because the Witch-Demon Tribulation will break Buzhou Mountain? What else could it be? Besides, Shouyang Mountain is more suitable for the Human Race to live on. But aloud, Su Mu said, "Master, Buzhou Mountain is the territory of the Witch Race. It would be inconvenient for the Human Race to live here. Shouyang Mountain is more suitable."
"What? Buzhou Mountain will be broken? Is the Witch-Demon Tribulation so dangerous? Buzhou Mountain was formed from Great God Pangu's spine!" Nuwa was shocked, though she kept her expression calm. "Very well. Since the Human Race is moving to Shouyang Mountain, I'll establish a Training Ground there as well."
The three Sui Ren Shi and the others began making detailed arrangements for the Human Race's migration. After five hundred years, they finally reached Shouyang Mountain. The Human Race settled there, multiplied, and slowly grew their population.
"I've finally reached the Earth Immortal realm. I've at least set foot on the Immortal Path." Su Mu went to see how his people were faring. Walking at the foot of Shouyang Mountain, he saw them all eating raw meat and furrowed his brows. "Has Elder Brother Sui Ren still not created the Human Race Hearth Fire?"
At that moment, Su Mu was like a spark burning in the darkness, his heart filled with worry for his people and hope for the future.
To Su Mu, his people were like children groping their way through the dark. They needed a lamp to guide them down the right path. And that lamp was the Human Race Hearth Fire.
Su Mu silently prayed that Elder Brother Sui Ren would create the Human Race Hearth Fire soon, so his people could leave behind their primitive way of life. He believed that once it was lit, the Human Race could move toward civilization and the light.
"It looks like I'll have to help Elder Brother Sui Ren," Su Mu thought.
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